SFL Div 2 Rd 4: Castleconnor 0-8 v 0-7 Shamrock Gaels

The senior team got back to winning ways with a one point defeat of Shamrock Gaels at Corballa on Friday evening
in the division 2 league.

Castleconnor
played with the elements in the first half and failed to take advantage
of the wind. We started very brightly when a long high ball into the
full forward
line was caught by Stephen Curley and laid off quickly to the on coming
Matthew Cullen, his shot was foot-blocked and a spot kick was awarded.
Eamon Cawley stepped up to the mark and an excellent save by the Gaels
keeper resulted in the visitors first meaningful
attack and reaped the reward by raising a white flag.

Castleconnor replied with two points
despite a lot of squandered ball particularly in the forward line.
Great work from the back line meant the sides went in level at
3 points a piece at the interval.

The
second half started with 2 Gaels points in quick succession but again
the Castleconnor response was huge scoring the next 5 scores of the
game against the elements. It
was nip and tuck throughout the game and this didn't change in the final
periods of the game and a good free from Kevin Langan put
the home side two in front (9 to 7). Gaels needed a goal but the back
line stood strong and held on for a hard fought one point
win and a valuable 2 points meaning we move up to 3rd in the league
table after four rounds.